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- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50575 Trade Creditors' Information Advantage By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Benjamin Iverson Abstract—Using information on the sales of debt claims for 132 U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, we show that large trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
and organizations, leaving few left for newcomers and growth. In this context, some networks seek to sell the addresses they previously received-sales that can usefully transfer resources to the networks that most need them, but with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
platforms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40488 Marketplace or Reseller? By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—An intermediary can choose between functioning as a marketplace, on which suppliers sell... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
to sell insurance in the country. During the next five years China's non-life insurance industry grew from $8.3 billion in 2001 to $15.9 billion in 2005. Yet in 2007, domestic insurers continued to dominate market share and, Chubb had not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—We conduct a field experiment in which we vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
selling assets, generating additional cash for the company and giving it more flexibility to restructure its operations. Under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, assets can be sold by a court order, without requiring a full vote of... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
maintained his control in part by creating a banking system that functioned more as a kind of investment club, Maurer says. Local businessmen would agree to lend each other money to finance one another's companies, while also selling... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
doesn't manufacture—computer memory systems. It makes money by licensing its patented designs to other companies, who manufacture computer memory and sell it to computer makers. Over the course of the 1990s, however, Rambus engaged in an... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Launching a social justice startup takes more than a moving story. Ask Harley Blakeman, the 32-year-old founder of Honest Jobs. He has perfected his elevator pitch, but that doesn’t mean launching his business has been easy. A once-homeless teenager from Florida,... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
own advisory firm. We had this idea that the industry over time was getting to be more flexible on low fares. One of the first manifestations of this was the appearance of full plane load charters. You could sell a trip to Cancun and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
considered selling your company?’ He replied, ‘Well, no, not until just now.’ Within days, I had an option to buy it.” Upon hearing this oft-told story, many people evidently have marveled aloud at how “lucky” Rogers was to be at the... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
case:http://hbr.org/search/313036-PDF-ENG El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan John Coates, Clayton Rose, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 313-021 On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
they need to worry about attracting and retaining the best talent,” Toffel says. “Or why CEOs of companies that largely sell to Indiana residents, like the Colts football team and Pacers basketball team, might oppose the law to ensure all... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
challenge the leaders. Can MediaTek move up-market to sell its chipsets to the likes of Nokia? Under what terms? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610081-PDF-ENG Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Guhan Subramanian and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
‘cosponsor this’ or ‘please fight against this.’ ” Jameson now sells such services at about $18 per call to a lawmaker’s office. They keep the firm occupied in odd-numbered years, defying the traditional boom-and-bust cycle faced by... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK was selling its Synflorix vaccine (against pediatric pneumonia) at fixed prices even as it transferred technology and know-how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Zhang, Paul W. Farris, John W. Irvin, Tarun Kushwaha, Thomas J. Steenburgh, and Barton A. Weitz Publication:Journal of Interactive Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract Multichannel retailing is the set of activities involved in selling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
that taught kids how to be entrepreneurs. A would-be bakery owner, for instance, could work through the necessary steps of calculating costs and doing market research on the way to selling chocolate-covered pretzels for a profit.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
solved for that as a nation.” Part of the problem, Bonaparte says, is marketing: “We have to rebrand security.” The trick is not just selling it as cool and exciting, but making that message appeal to a broader audience. “Security is... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai